Years ago I used to go with my family to my cousin’s house in Arizona each year for Christmas, and they had about every type of home computer system and peripheral you could think of. We would spend hours upon hours playing games on these systems, and one of my favorites was Archon: The Light [...]
Archive for July, 2009
July Software Pick: Archon for iPhone and Linux
Posted in Indie Games, Software Picks on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Windows Vista Sleep Fix: How to Put Vista Laptops and Desktops to Sleep
Posted in How To on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In my own experience, Windows Vista’s power settings are often wrong by default when it comes to sleep settings. Lenovo laptops in particular seem to have serious issues in this regard. If you are having trouble getting your Vista (or Windows 7) laptop or desktop to go to sleep, here is how to fix it. [...]
Hard Disk Drives are Holding You Back
Posted in Random Stuff on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The next great leap ahead in computer performance won’t come from multi-core CPUs, despite all the media hype to the contrary. The biggest bottleneck in your computer RIGHT NOW is that big, fat, lazy hard disk drive. It is the ONLY part of your system (besides cooling, of course) that still uses that most ancient of technologies, Moving Parts. The situation is so [...]
Play Super Mario War (SMW) on the Wii
Posted in Indie Games on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good news for SMW fans! Due to the efforts of several diligent game hackers, including our own dotbatman, Super Mario War has finally been ported to the Wii! For now you have to play this on the Homebrew channel, but the good news is that setting up the Homebrew channel is easier than ever before, since you [...]
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Posted in Random Stuff on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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